Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,
And He covers the depths of the sea.

King James Version

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Holman Bible

See how He spreads His lightning around Him
and covers the depths of the sea.

International Standard Version

He scatters his lightning above it, and covers the bottom of the sea.

A Conservative Version

Behold, he spreads his light around him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.

American Standard Version

Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.

Amplified


“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],
And He covers the depths of the sea.

Darby Translation

Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, he spread upon it his light, and he covered the roots of the sea.

King James 2000

Behold, he spreads his lightning upon it, and covers the depths of the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, He spreads His light on it, and He covers the bottom of the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and cause his light to shine upon them, and to cover the bottom of the sea.

NET Bible

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.

Webster

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

World English Bible

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

upon it, and covereth
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

the bottom
שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent? 30 See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it. 31 For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.

Cross References

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

Exodus 14:22

And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

Exodus 14:28

And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.

Exodus 15:4-5

Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.

Job 38:8-11

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Job 38:25

By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

Job 38:34-35

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Psalm 18:11-16

He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 104:5-9

He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

Luke 17:24

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

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